24H News Roundup Apr 6: The Bank Of Korea Has Conducted A Pilot Program For Issuing CBDC

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Monday , April 06th 2020

[Policy]1. The Bank of Korea has conducted a pilot program for issuing the CBDC with a period of 22 months to check the central bank's ability to issue such currencies;2. The Cyber Security Section of the Seoul Police Department in South Korea said on Apr 6 that in response to the Nth Room Case, from 02:30 UTC the seizure search warrants against 20 crypto exchanges and trading agency companies will be executed in sequence.[Cryptocurrency]1. Brave browser's BAT token will be listed on the crypto exchange Gemini later this month.[Exchange & Wallet]1. A New York law firm filed class-action lawsuits against nearly a dozen top crypto companies, including Binance, BitMEx, Civic, and Tron;2. Crypto trading company Coinhouse has become the first crypto company to be registered with France's top financial regulator, the Financial Markets Authority (AMF)[Others]1. HackenAI issued the open beta of the HackenAI App, which is available for iOS and Android users;2. Charles Hoskinson claimed people can find out who Satoshi Nakamoto is by using stylometry, a term for the analysis of handwriting or analysis of the writing;3. "I think IEOs are dumb and we should be looking into DAO crowdfunding anyway," Vitalik Buterin voiced on Twitter;4. Roger Ver said that only, approximately, 10% of Bitcoin.com staff had been let go as a result of the economic crisis.